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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WALTER W. FESSLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,809, dated January 13, 1885.

Application tiled May 27, 1884.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER W. FEssLER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improved SleepingCar-Berth Inclosure, of Which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to sleeping and drawing room cars, and has for its object to provide a means by which the seats, afterY they have been converted into berths, may be inclosed without the aid of curtains, which is now the prevailing custom.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l represents a vertical section of a sleeping-ear equipped with my improved method of inclosure, showing one section, A, after it is made up andentirely inclosed, another section, B, partly inclosed, and another section, C, before it is made up and as it would appear when in use as a drawingroom car. Fig. 2 represents a plan View, showing more accurately the manner in which my improved inclosure is folded.

My improvement consists, principally, in

joining together, either by means 'of hinges or otherwise, a number of narrow vertical pieces, as shown at d and d', in such a manner as will admit of their being folded ilat against each other in alternate directions, and so closely as to reduce the Whole inclosure into a small compact form, capable of being stored in the recesses c and c', as shown at c, Figs. l and 2.

The series of strips from o to o represent the front side of one inclosed section, A,which is joined together at M by the aid of any suitable fastening, Which is located on the inside of the partition or inclosure and easy of access to the occupant of the berth.

As shown at M, Fig. l, the vertical pieces are divided so as to make the inclosure of the top and bottom berth entirely independent of each other. This method of inclosing a section or berth has many advantages` over the ordinary curtain-inclosure, which is very objectionable,rst, because the curtains leave the occupant partlyif not entirely exposed 5 second, the curtains prevent any circulation of air, comparatively speaking, and thus the occu- (No model.)

pant must either raise the window and sleep in a draft or suffer himself to close confinement and impure air 5 third, the curtains are very seldom renovated or cleaned, and thus the occupant of a berth is subject to contagious diseases.

My improved inclosure being made of either wood or metal, or a combination of the same, is not open to any of the above objections, but, on the contrary, has many pleasant features. Certain portions or all of the vertical pieces in my improved inclosure can be made of lattice-Work, thus providing means of a complete circulation of air through. the entire car. The occupant of the lower berth is not subjected to exposure or annoyance by the entrance or eXit of the party occupying the upper berth. It gives absolute privacy, and is a guard against loss of personal property. The vertical pieces can be provided with foldinghooks and other conveniences, such as cannot be enjoyed with the curtain-inclosure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A sleepingicar berth or section inclosure consisting of narrow vertical strips, made of 7 5 Wood or any suitable material, and hinged together in such a manner as will permit of their being folded lat against each other in alternate directions, in order that the said inclosure may be compactly incased in the side of 8o the car, as described and specified.

2. An inclosure for sleeping-car berths, consisting of narrow vertical strips joined as described, and so arranged as to make the inclosure of the upper and lower berths entirely independent of each other, as described, and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improved sleeping-car-bcrth inclosure I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of May, 1884.

VALTER W. FESSLER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT SNYDEE, C. H. MGGIEHAN. 

